King John is a play by William Shakespeare set in the thirteenth century amid power struggles for the English crown.
Bibliographic notesThis play was first published in the First Folio of 1623, seven years after Shakespeare's death. Most later editions are based on that text, but modernize spellings and punctuation to at least some extent. Recent editions often also expand abbreviations or add implied stage directions.
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King John, by William Shakespeare (HTML with commentary at folger.edu). Includes a synposis, essays, early printed texts, and related images.
- Le Roi Jean (King John in French), by William Shakespeare, trans. by François Guizot (Gutenberg text)
- Leben und Tod des Königs Johann (King John in German), by William Shakespeare, trans. by Christoph Martin Wieland (Gutenberg text)
- King John (based on the 1887 Victoria edition), by William Shakespeare, ed. by William George Clark and William Aldis Wright (multiple formats with commentary at Standard Ebooks)
- King Iohn (Old-Spelling Shakespeare series; London: Chatto and Windus; New York: Duffield and Co., 1911), by William Shakespeare, ed. by Frederick James Furnivall, contrib. by F. W. Clarke (page images at HathiTrust)
- King John (London: Oxford University Press, 1914), by William Shakespeare, ed. by W. J. Craig (HTML at Bartleby)
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